By Mark Haas, Crisis Magazine - Elon Musk may not share the Church’s theological foundations, but his warnings point toward the same reality. A civilization that stops having children has chosen against its own future. In the words of St. John Paul II: “A society will be judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members; and among the most vulnerable are surely the unborn and the children who are the hope of the future.” The fertility crisis is not only an economic issue but a moral and spiritual one. And here, as so often, the Catholic Church’s perennial wisdom proves both timely and timeless: be open to life, trust in God, and rediscover the joy of the family.